Tooth-brush.



N0. 829,449. PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

A W. L. WHALEY L H. L. LRING.

Y TOOTH BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED AILLM. 1995.

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No. 82 0l Ll Speciication of Letters Paton l'ntvntod Au 28 1906,

Application filed April 14, i905. Serin! No. 255.'.iu5. To all whom itina/y concern: shorty nin c, and the nin proiccts through a 55 Be itknown that \ve,VV1LLiAiii li. Timmer slot Il in the handle lA The outerend ol the and HENnYfL. Louise, citizens of tlieUuiorl nin f 'isattached to the hand ll', which sur States oli America, residing in thecity ol' rounds ihc handle ll, and when the band B 5 Chicago, Cookcounty, Illinois, have invent 'is turned upon the handle ll it turnsdisk C ed a new and useful Tooth-Brush, of which upon the surface oidisk b. Disk C has a 6o the following is aspecfication. hole llnough uythe sinne size as the hole I Thisinvcntionrclatcs tothatclassof tooth iliroueh .lislz Ji, {the holes being about one ,4 brushes in which :ifountain or reservoir lor sixteenth of an inch in diamcten) and when 1odentifrice is formed in the handle of the band ll is turned upon thehandle B it will 4brush for sup ilying the same to the brush :is bring`the holes c and ii directly opposite 65 required; an it consists'incertain peculiari cach other, so the contents of the handle ties of theconstruction, novel arrangement, may pass lhrmigh to the brush bypassing on and operation of the various parts tlicreel",as through thechannel o to the bristles A', t5 will be hereinafter more fully setforth and which channel has an opening on the face of specificallyClaimed. thclnnsh-hcad. Also hand ll may be turned 7o The rincipalobjects of the invention are so the holes in the disks will not be o iosite, to provide a tooth-brush of the above-named but will be closed,so thc contents o andle character which shall be simple and ine-x Ilwill not pass out o( it. Cap B2 has'a'hele 2o pensive in construction,durable, efficient, through its center, through which is put a andconvenient in operation,and which shall stopple E, the projecting ond ofwhich to- 75 be so made that the quantity of dentifrice ward nlug l) issmaller than the hole in which supplied to the brush may be regulated,as it rests. Stopple E is attached at its smaller desired. end to apush-plug D, which projects alittle' We attain these objects by themechanism beyond the outer surface of the end of cap illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in B2,- which forms the end of handle B. There 8oWhol1 is a spiral spring between plug D and the A Figure "l representsthe brush as it ordi shoulders former around the hole, through i narilyap ears. Fig. 2 represents a vertical which the stopnle E is put topress against 'section o ,the brush. Fig. 3 represents a scc the plusTl) and keep the stopple tight. Plug v,tion of the handle with two disksand openl) has grooves d Z along its sides, and when 85 'ings and `aband about the handle which is pushed toward the center of the handleBthe used to open and close the holes in the disks. stopple is pushedfrom cap B2 and loosened Fig. 4 represents a disk. Fig. 5 represents andair will pass alonfY the grooves d d and vthe outside of the end of' thehandle with {nto-Cheliandlc''llll spaceaused by letlplug D andair-grooves d ting out the contents through the handle B 9'0 Y Similarletters refer tc similar parts of the toward and through channel a andupon the brush throu hout. bristles. 1 The hand e B is a hollow tube andis sc- What we claim as our invention is 4o\cured at B by screw-threadsto the reduced l. ln a tooth-brush the combination with?y neck portionof thelhigishnead A, which a hollow handle, of a brruslilhgad secured 5lholds the bristles A". The other end of the thereto and having thereina channel openl handle B has screwed therein a cap B2,\\-'liion ing atone end into the hollow handle an'd at may bc removed for the purpose offilling the the other end on the face el the brush-head, a handle BWit-h liquid or powder. disk fixed transversely in the handle and hav-Vithin the handle, near the end toward eccentricallyloated oigianotherroo the bristles, is firmly fastened a disk b, hav disk rotatalil;Vinounted`i the firstnamed in a. hole throuh it, b', for the purpose ofdisk and having an eeeentrically-loeated ho ding within t e handle itscontents until opening, and a band surrounding the handle let outthrough the hole b'. To disk l) is at around the disks and connected tothe rotary tached another disk C by rivet b1 in center of disk, substantially as described. 105 disk, but not so tight but it may easily turn2. In a tooth-brush the combination with on rivet. a hollow handle, of'a brush-head secured Disk C has fastened to one of its edges a theretoand having therein achannel opening at one end into the hollow lmndloand at the other end on tho face of the brush-houd, an a, ertured diskfixed transvorsly in the lumd e, another disk rotatably mounted on thefirst-named disk and having an o enin and rovided with a pin extendingtf lrougl tho Bundle, and a band surrounding the handle around tho disksund connected to said pin, substantially as described.

WML. WHALEY. I-I. L. LORING. Witnesses:

DWIGHT D. RooT, DAvm T. ConmN.

